Sources of Information:
The following sources were used throughout this section:
AACS Background
The AACS emblem was approved for use in 1944 and remained in use until 1961.
| The current emblem design debuted on 1 July 1961 during the ceremonies officiated by Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Curtis E. LeMay marking the redesignation of the Airways and Air Communications Service as Air Force Communications Service.
Emblem Significance: The mailed fist represents Air Force commanders who exercise command and control of aerospace forces. The electronic flashes represent all forms of aerospace communications through which control of aerospace forces is provided. The North Star symbolizes the heritage of navigation and air traffic control as distinct but integrated parts of command and control, and the world portrays the global aspects of AFCA and Air Force operations.
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 Bench located in Memorial Park
National Museum of the United States Air Force
AFCA Lineage
The Army Airways Communications System was first organized on Nov. 15 1938, in the Directorate of Communications of the U.S. Army Air Corps. On Apr. 13, 1943, the official lineage of the Army Airways Communications System as a separate organization began with the constitution of the Army Airways Communications System Wing. The Wing was activated as part of the Flight Control Command on Apr. 26, 1943.
On July 14, 1943, the Wing was reassigned directly to the Army Air Forces. It was redesignated the Army Airways Communications Service, the Wing designator was dropped, on Apr. 26, 1944. On Mar. 13, 1946, the Army Airways Communications Service was redesignated the Air Communications Service and reassigned to the Air Transport Command. The Air Communications Service was redesignated the Airways and Air Communications Service Sept. 11, 1946. Airways and Air Communications Service was reassigned to the Military Air Transport Service June 1, 1948.
Airways and Air Communications Service became the Air Force's 16th major air command July 1, 1961 and was simultaneously redesignated the Air Force Communications Service. Air Force Communications Service was redesignated the Air Force Communications Command Nov. 15, 1979. Air Force Communications Command became a field operating agency on July 1, 1991, and, on May 28, 1993 was redesignated the Air Force Command, Control, Communications, and Computer Agency. The Air Force Command, Control, Communications, and Computer Agency was redesignated the Air Force Communications Agency June 13, 1996. On Apr. 1, 1997, the Agency was reassigned as a subordinate unit of the Air Force Communications and Information Center. The Agency was redesignated a field operating agency, reporting directly to the Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications and Information, Washington, D.C., Oct. 1, 2000.
AFCA Designations and Dates
15 November 1938 — Army Airways Communications System
13 April 1943 — Army Airways Communications System Wing
26 April 1944 — Army Airways Communications System
13 March 1946 — Air Communications Service
11 September 1946 — Airways and Air Communications Service
1 July 1961 — Air Force Communications Service
15 November 1979 — Air Force Communications Command
28 May 1993 — Air Force Command, Control, Communications, and Computer Agency
13 June 1996 — Air Force Communications Agency
Source:
China-Burma-India
In CBI the 10th AACS Squadron, operating as a unit of the Tenth Air Force, struggled through the winter of 1942-43 to establish communications facilities linking India and China and at the same time to render such assistance as it could to tactical operations in Burma. The squadron was reassigned to AACS in April 1943, and in July its responsibilities were divided with a newly assigned 25th Squadron. The 10th retained responsibility for India and Burma, except for Assam, and the 25th, with headquarters at Chabua, took up the task of providing communications along the famed "Hump" route into China. In the fall, as previously noted, the Asiatic Airways Communications Area (AACA) was introduced as a superior headquarters for the two squadrons. These developments followed a pattern of organization that was becoming familiar throughout AACS at the time. More important is the fact that they also reflected a growing concern at the highest level of command for the assistance of China. The Fourteenth Air Force recently had been activated, and ATC had been given targets for cargo deliveries over the Hump that were staggering by comparison with anything theretofore achieved.
For the Hump and its defending forces, the 10th Squadron had managed to put into operation nine stations-three on the China side of the Himalayas and six on the India side-of which Chabua in Assam and Kunming in China were the chief, as was the 10th's station at Karachi the chief link joining Chabua with Khartoum and other points along the airways of Africa. To man its stations, the 25th took over from the 10th a complement of 16 officers and 168 enlisted men who often worked on twelve-hour shifts while they waited for reinforcements that would bring strength up to 77 officers and 540 men. The 10th Squadron began its separate operations with another nine stations, of which the one at Delhi, where military headquarters in CBI tended to concentrate, and the one at Karachi, gateway to India, were the chief. With a complement, to begin with of 31 officers and 141 enlisted men, the 10th AACS Squadron had many members who also knew, day after day, what a twelve-hour tour of duty meant. When AACA gave way in May 1944 to the 4th AACS Wing, the new wing took charge of more than a hundred and twenty stations. The wing included the 1st Tactical Group, a unit organized specifically for assistance of the B-29's of XX Bomber Command.
More than one of the AACS stations in CBI were now major installations embodying some of the more advanced technical equipment and skill of the society that had placed them "on the other side of the world." Some were limited by geographical considerations, by the lack of an adequate source of power, or by the speed of military developments to makeshift facilities that depended ultimately for their effectiveness upon the men who manned them. These were men to whom the G.I. term of "sweating it out" became something quite literal in the climate of India or Assam, men who often knew in China or in Burma the meaning of repeated enemy attacks, and men who experienced the isolation of duty in remote mountain stations or in the jungles of Burma.
Beginning in December 1943 the AACS had undertaken to provide tactical communications in Southeast Asia at the request of the Fourteenth Air Force and other combat units. Its first two stations for that purpose were established in eastern China, to support air operations against Japanese shipping in the China Sea and against enemy troops and supply concentrations in the Changsha area. Other facilities were installed in the Imphal-Kohima region, where enemy ground forces had broken into India and almost reached the railroad from Assam to Bengal. Farther south, stations were established at Bangalore and Ceylon for the support of amphibious operations of the Southeast Asia Command. During the spring of 1944, eight others were set up to assist air and ground forces operating in China, India, and Burma.
In spite of these new and enlarged installations, air communications in eastern and southeastern Asia continued to present a serious problem. The lack of adequately powered radio aids to navigation seriously limited bad-weather operations. Shortages of personnel and equipment to handle point-to-point communications caused overloaded channels and delayed reception of weather and other tactical information at command headquarters. Outdated or inaccurate weather data were especially injurious to air-transport operations and directly affected the air supply of forward bases.
Airways to Tokyo
...In keeping with a recent decision in Washington for redesignation of AACS units, the Pacific Airways Communications Area became on 15 May 1944 the 7th AACS Wing with jurisdiction over the 5th, 7th, and 20th Squadrons-now redesignated, respectively, as the 68th, 70th, and 71st AACS Groups. The subdivision of the groups into squadrons, and of squadrons into detachments, gave to the AACS in the Pacific, as elsewhere, a superior structure for the accomplishment of its mission. No less important was the establishment of a common headquarters for the combat zones of the Pacific war.
Biak, Saipan, Guam, Leyte, Luzon, Iwo Jima, Okinawa-all found their way into the history of the 7th Wing, as finally did Tokyo. When news of the Japanese proposal for surrender came, the 7th Wing and more especially the 68th Group received orders to fly into Atsugi Airfield, below Tokyo, the communications equipment and personnel necessary for guidance and reception of the great transports scheduled to "fly in" the first contingent of the occupation troops. AACS's mission was to provide navigational aids, point-to-point communication with Okinawa, air-to-ground communication for planes in flight, weather data, and traffic control. A special unit of handpicked men was quickly organized, put through a trial exercise at Clark Field near Manila, and flown to Okinawa to await the signal from higher headquarters. On the morning of 28 August 1945 some two dozen C-47's (one of them a fully equipped mobile radio station) flew from Okinawa to Atsugi carrying technical equipment and technicians, many of them belonging to the AACS, for the establishment of an emergency air base in Japan's homeland. And so were men long accustomed to follow combat troops ashore put in a position to welcome combat units as they reached the war's last beachhead.
Force Structure Before 15 May 1944
 Prepared & Published by AC/S Intelligence
HQ, AACS Wing, AAF
Asheville, NC
Based on AAF Regulation 100-2 & 100-2a
20 November 1943
Asiatic ACA
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Lineage: Constituted 22 Feb 43; activated 9 Oct 43 as a superior headquarters for the 10th and 25th AACS Squadrons; disbanded 15 May 44 and replaced by 4th AACS Wing.
Stations: New Delhi, India
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10th AACS Sq
Lineage: Activated 17 Apr 42 and assigned to Tenth AF; redesignated 10th Airways Comm Sq, 23 Dec 42; redesignated 10th Army Airways Comm Sq, 4 May 43 and assigned to AACS; 10th Army Airways Communications System Region and 10th Army Airways Communications System Squadron were disbanded effective 11 Jun 44. Personnel were assigned to 61st Army Airways Communications System Group which was activated on 11 Jun 44 at Charra, India, with Lt Col William A. Swearingen as commanding officer.
Stations: Bolling Field, DC; Morrison Field, FL; Miami, FL; Chabua, Karachi (882 NY), New Delhi
| Detachments |
| Det (884 NY) - Agra, India |
| Det (886 NY) - Allahabad, India |
| Det (465 NY) - Calcutta, India |
| Det (629 NY) - Chabua, India |
| Det (631 NY) - Chakulia, India |
| Det (630 NY) - Gaya, India |
| Det (886 NY) - Jodhpur, India |
| Det (431 NY) - Lalmanir Hat, India |
| Det (886 NY) - Karachi, India |
| Det (886 NY) - Pandaveswar, India |
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25th AACS Sq
Established Jul 43; On 15 May 44, the 25th AACS Sq was disbanded and replaced by the 88th AAF Base Unit (4th AACS Wing)
Stations: Chabua, India; Chengkung, China (627 NY)
| Detachments |
| Det (466 NY) - Jorhat, India |
| Det (627 NY) - Kunming, China |
| Det (689 NY) - Ledo, India |
| Det (629 NY) - Mohanbari, India |
| Det (467 NY) - Sookerating, India |
| Det (429 NY) - Tezpur, India |
| Det (627 NY) - Yangkai, China |
| Det (627 NY) - Yunnanyi, China |
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Force Structure as of 15 May 1944
 Boundaries of AACS Wings & Groups
Based on AAF Regulation 100-2 & 100-2a 20 Nov 1943 and
LTR WD AG-322 (25 April 1944) OB-I-AFRDG-M Dated 26 April 1944
Edition of 15 May 1944
Revised 5 June 1944
| 88th AAFBU (4th AACS Wg) |
| Sec A (Hq, 4th AACS Wg) - Calcutta, India |
| Sec B (61st AACS Gp) | Sec C (Hq, 61st AACS Gp) - New Delhi, India
Sec D (124th AACS Sq) - Myitkyina, Burma
Sec E (125th AACS Sq) - Calcutta, India
Sec F (126th AACS Sq) - Malir, India |
| Sec G (62nd AACS Gp) | Sec H (Hq, 62nd AACS Gp) - Chabua, India
Sec I (127th AACS Sq) - Chabua, India
Sec J (128th AACS Sq) - Kurmitola, India |
| Sec K (1st Tactical Gp, AACS) | Sec L (Hq, 1st Tactical Gp, AACS) - Hijii, India
Sec M (129th AACS Sq) - Kharagpur, India
Sec N (130th AACS Sq) - Barrackpore, India |
| Sec O (63d AACS Gp) | Sec P (Hq, 63d AACS Gp) - Kunming, China
Sec Q (158th AACS Sq) - Chengkung, China
Sec R (159th AACS Sq) - Chengtu, China |
| 91st AAFBU (7th AACS Wg) |
| Sec A (Hq, 7th AACS Wg) - Hickam Field, T. H. |
| Sec B (68th AACS Gp) | Sec C (Hq, 68th AACS Gp) - Hollandia, New Guinea
Sec D (139th AACS Sq) - Brisbane, Australia
Sec E (140th AACS Sq) - Dreger Harbor, New Guinea
Sec F (141st AACS Sq) - Clark Field, P. I. |
| Sec G (69th AACS Gp) | Sec H (Hq, 69th AACS Gp) - Morotai Island
Sec I (142nd AACS Sq) - Morotai Island
Sec J (143d AACS Sq) - Hollandia, New Guinea
Sec K (144th AACS Sq) - inactive |
| Sec L (70th AACS Gp) | Sec M (Hq, 70th AACS Gp) - Hickam Field, T. H.
Sec N (145th AACS Sq) - Hickam Field, T. H.
Sec O (146th AACS Sq) - Kwajalein Island
Sec P (147th AACS Sq) - Saipan Island
Sec Q (148th AACS Sq) - Hickam Field, T. H. |
| Sec R (71st AACS Gp) | Sec S (Hq, 71st AACS Gp) - New Caledonia
Sec T (149th AACS Sq) - New Caledonia
Sec U (150th AACS Sq) - Guadalcanal
Sec V (151st AACS Sq) - inactive |
Force Structure as of 20 July 1945
88th AAFBU (4th AACS Wing) - Calcutta, India
Lineage: From 15 May 44 to 20 Jul 45, AACS units in the CBI were lettered squadrons (sections) of the 88th AAF Base Unit (4th AACS Wg). On that date, AACS formed separate base units for its groups and squadrons. 88 Army Air Forces Base Unit inactivated 15 Jan 46 with all its personnel being assigned to 61 Army Airways Communications System Group.
Stations: Calcutta, Hastings Mill until some time in 1945, and finally New Delhi, where it was discontinued on 5 Jan 46.
NOTE: Even though they were really AAF Base Units, AACS units used their parenthetical group and squadron descriptions almost exclusively (e.g., the 88th AAFBU (4th AACS Wing) would be referred to as the 4th AACS Wing). This includes station lists (see 1945 AAF Station List).
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711th AAFBU (61st AACS Gp) - Calcutta, Hastings Mill
10th Army Airways Communications System Region and 10th Army Airways Communications System Squadron were disbanded effective 11 Jun 44. Personnel were assigned to 61st Army Airways Communications System Group which was activated on 11 Jun 44 at Charra, India, with Lt Col William A. Swearingen as commanding officer.
711 Army Air Forces Base Unit activated 20 Jul 45 from Sections B and C of 88 Army Air Forces Base Unit, 20 Jul 45. 88 Army Air Forces Base Unit inactivated 15 Jan 46 with all its personnel being assigned to 61 Army Airways Communications System Group. Group inactivated with duties being transferred to 56 Army Airways Communications System Group c. 28 Feb 46.
| Detachments/Stations |
| Det - Agra | | Det/Sta - Haungpa |
| Det - Allahabad | | Det/Sta - Kunming |
| Det - Chabua | | Det/Sta - Kurmitola |
| Det - Cooch Behar | | Det/Sta - Lalmanirhat |
| Det - Delhi | | Det/Sta - Lankiung |
| Det - Gaya | | Det/Sta - Luchuan |
| Det - Jodhpur | | Det/Sta - Lufeng |
| Det - Karachi | | Det/Sta - Misamari |
| Det/Sta - Assam area | | Det/Sta - Mohanbari |
| Det/Sta - Bishuapur | | Det/Sta - Pandaveswar |
| Det/Sta - Chakolia | | Det/Sta - Sookerating |
| Det/Sta - China area | | Det/Sta - Tezpur |
| Det/Sta - Dinjan | | Det/Sta - Yangkai |
| Det/Sta - Dum Dum | | Det/Sta - Yunnanyi |
| Det/Sta - Fort Hertz | | |
| Planned Stations |
| Sta - Bangalore | | Sta - Mienning |
| Sta - Calcutta | | Sta - Ondal |
| Sta - Ceylon | | Sta - Poona |
| Sta - Chittagong | | Sta - Sagaing |
| Sta - Lashio | | Sta - Shwebo |
| Sta - Mandalay | | Sta - Yanan |
| Sta - Maymyo | | |
1st AACS Tactical Sq
Replaced Section K, 88th AAFBU (4th AACS Wing), 20 Jul 45
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Source: Mr. Larry Morrison, AFCA Historian
According to the AACS history, the 61st AACS Group was authorized 15 May 1944 but did not actually become established until 11 June. Under that group were three squadrons: the 124th with headquarters at New Delhi, the 125th with headquarters at New Delhi but later moved to Dum Dum.
Then the interesting part -- quoting from the history: The third squadron "set a precedent, without fuller definition at first, it was merely designated as the First Tactical Squadron. Headquarters was designated at Kharagpur ... " The history later states, "eventually the squadron developed into a group." Later, the history notes that the First Tactical Squadron was redesignated the 69th AACS Group in December 1944.
NOTE: The Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA) has no record of this unit in their archives. It appears likely that the 1st AACS Tac Sq was redesignated as the 1st AACS Tactical Group as this Group does appear on the 1 May 1945 AAF Station List (see Force Structure as of 15 May 1944, above), and then redesignated again as the 69th AACS Gp, with the 129th and 130th AACS Squadrons assigned (see entry for 69th AACS Gp, below).
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754th AAFBU (124th AACS Sq) - New Delhi, Kurmitola (20 Jul 45 - 10 Oct 45)
Replaced Section D, 88th AAFBU (4th AACS Wing), 20 Jul 45
Source: AAF 1 May 1945 Station List
124th Army Airways Communication System Squadron (218 NY) - Myitkyina, Burma
| Stations |
| Station #252 (218 NY) - Myitkyina | | Station #270 (218 NY) - Myitkyina |
| Station #253 (689 NY) - Ledo | | Station #272 (218 NY) - Myitkyina |
| Station #254 (689 NY) - Ledo | | Station #275 (218 NY) - Myitkyina |
| Station #255 (689 NY) - Ledo | | Station #276 (218 NY) - Myitkyina |
| Station #262 (218 NY) - Myitkyina | | Station #278 (218 NY) - Myitkyina |
| Station #263 (218 NY) - Myitkyina | | Station #279 (218 NY) - Myitkyina |
| Station #264 (218 NY) - Myitkyina | | Station #285 (218 NY) - Myitkyina |
| Station #265 (218 NY) - Myitkyina | | |
Source: Air Force Communicators & Air Traffic Controllers Association (AFCOMMATC)
| Detachments |
| Det - Agra | | Det - Nagpur |
| Det - Bangalore | | Det - Nampanmao |
| Det - Bhamo | | Det - New Delhi |
| Det - Columbo | | Det - New Delhi |
| Det - Hsipaw | | Det - New Delhi |
| Det - Kuttkai | | Det - Sahmaw |
| Det - Lashio | | Det - Shingbwiyang |
| Det - Mongmit | | Det - Sumprabum |
| Det - Myitkyina East | | Det - Tingkawk Sakan |
| Det - Myitkyina North | | Det - Warazup |
| Det - Myitkyina South | | |
Other Locations (post-war):
124 AACS Sq (later 1901 AACS Sq, 1901 Comm Sq, 1901 Comm Gp, 1901 Information Systems Gp), Travis AFB, 1 Jun 48-
755th AAFBU (125th AACS Sq) - New Delhi, Dum Dum, Hastings Fld (20 Jul 45 - 30 Apr 46)
Replaced Section E, 88th AAFBU (4th AACS Wing), 20 Jul 45
Source: AAF 1 May 1945 Station List
125th Army Airways Communication System Squadron (465 NY) - Calcutta, India
| Stations |
| Station #136 (492 NY) - Barrackpore | | Station #149 (465 NY) - Calcutta |
| Station #139 (465 NY) - Calcutta | | Station #150 (465 NY) - Calcutta |
| Station #141 (630 NY) - Gaya | | Station #151 (465 NY) - Calcutta |
| Station #142 (671 NY) - Calcutta | | Station #152 (465 NY) - Calcutta |
| Station #145 (630 NY) - Gaya | | Station #153 (491 NY) - Bangalore |
| Station #146 (690 NY) - Ondal | | Station #154 (432 NY) - Kandy, Ceylon |
| Station #147 (690 NY) - Ondal | | Station #155 (630 NY) - Gaya |
| Station #148 (690 NY) - Ondal | | Station #156 (492 NY) - Barrackpore |
Photo from Station #150, courtesy of Mrs. Carol Lynn Ott Heye, daughter of Cpl. William Ott
Source:
| Detachments |
| Det - Agra | | Det - Kharagpur |
| Det - Bangalore | | Det - Lalmanirhat |
| Det - Bangkok | | Det - Ledo |
| Det - Barrackpore | | Det - Myitkyina South |
| Det - Bhagalpur | | Det - Nawadih |
| Det - Bhamo | | Det - New Delhi |
| Det - Calcutta | | Det - Ondal |
| Det - Chabua | | Det - Panagarp |
| Det - Char Chapli Island | | Det - Pandaveswar |
| Det - Cocanada | | Det - Piardoba |
| Det - Colombo | | Det - Puri |
| Det - Dudkundi | | Det - Rangoon |
| Det - Dum Dum | | Det - Saigon |
| Det - Fenny | | Det - Shamshernagar |
| Det - Gaya | | Det - Shwebo |
| Det - Hastings | | Det - Singapore (Kallang) |
| Det - Hijli | | Det - Sookerating |
| Det - Jodhpur | | Det - Suylhet |
| Det - Jorhat | | Det - Tezgaon |
Det - Kalaikunda
Operations discontinued Sep 45. Inactivated 3 Oct 45. | | Det - Tezpur |
| Det - Karachi | | Det - Waltair |
756th AAFBU (126th AACS Sq) - Malir, Karachi (20 Jul 45 - Feb 46) (See CBI Unit Histories)
Replaced Section F, 88th AAFBU (4th AACS Wing), 20 Jul 45
Source: AAF 1 May 1945 Station List
126th Army Airways Communication System Squadron (883 NY) - Malir, India
| Stations |
| Station #171 (882 NY) - Karachi | | Station #177 (883 NY) - Karachi |
| Station #172 (881 NY) - Bombay | | Station #178 (884 NY) - Agra |
| Station #174 (882 NY) - Karachi | | Station #179 (885 NY) - New Delhi |
| Station #175 (886 NY) - Karachi | | Station #180 (885 NY) - New Delhi |
| Station #176 (882 NY) - Karachi | | Station #181 (885 NY) - New Delhi |
Source: Air Force Communicators & Air Traffic Controllers Association (AFCOMMATC)
| Detachments |
| Det - Agra | | Det - Jodhpur |
| Det - Allahabad | | Det - Karachi |
| Det - Bangalore | | Det - Malir |
| Det - Bombay | | Det - New Delhi |
| Det - Cawnpore | | Det - New Delhi |
| Det - Colombo | | Det - New Delhi |
| Det - Jiwani | | Det - Spinagar |
Other Locations (post-war):
126th AACS Sq, later 1928 AACS Sq, 1928 AACS Gp, 1928 Information Systems Gp, MacDill AFB, 1 Jun 48-
712th AAFBU (62nd AACS Gp) - Chabua (20 Jul 45 - 20 Nov 45)
25 Army Airways Communications Region was activated on 10 Jul 43. Regional headquarters was established at Chabua, Assam, India. Area of responsibility included China-Burma-India theater. 25 Army Airways Communications Region was reconstituted as 62 Army Airways Communications System Group 15 May 44. 62 Army Airways Communications Group headquarters (Section C, 88 Army Air Forces Base Unit) organized 15 May 44. Operations in Group curtailed during Sep 45 with many stations being closed. Group experienced considerable reorganization and consolidation during Oct 45. Group inactivated 20 Nov 45.
757th AAFBU (127th AACS Sq) - Chabua
Assigned to 62nd AACS Gp, 15 May 1944
Replaced Section I, 88th AAFBU (4th AACS Wing), 20 Jul 45
Source: AAF 1 May 1945 Station List
| Stations |
| Station #201 (629 NY) - Chabua | | Station #215 (629 NY) - Chabua |
| Station #202 (466 NY) - Jorhat | | Station #216 (218 NY) - Myitkyina |
| Station #203 (466 NY) - Jorhat | | Station #217 (689 NY) - Ledo |
| Station #204 (629 NY) - Chabua | | Station #218 (689 NY) - Ledo |
| Station #205 (466 NY) - Jorhat | | Station #219 (689 NY) - Ledo |
| Station #206 (689 NY) - Ledo | | Station #220 (689 NY) - Ledo |
| Station #207 (489 NY) - Misamari | | Station #221 (487 NY) - Dinjan |
| Station #208 (490 NY) - Mohanbari | | Station #222 (466 NY) - Jorhat |
| Station #209 (629 NY) - Chabua | | Station #223 (467 NY) - Sookerating |
| Station #210 (689 NY) - Ledo | | Station #224 (629 NY) - Chabua |
| Station #211 (467 NY) - Sookerating | | Station #225 (629 NY) - Chabua |
| Station #212 (429 NY) - Tezpur | | Station #226 (629 NY) - Chabua |
| Station #213 (467 NY) - Sookerating | | Station #228 (466 NY) - Jorhat |
| Station #214 (429 NY) - Tezpur | | |
Source: Air Force Communicators & Air Traffic Controllers Association (AFCOMMATC)
| Detachments |
| Det - Amguri | | Det - Myitkyina |
| Det - Chabua | | Det - Namrup |
| Det - Dergaon | | Det - Pangsau Pass |
| Det - Dinjan | | Det - Pathalipam |
| Det - Ft. Hertz | | Det - Paya |
| Det - Golaghat | | Det - Sadiya |
| Det - Hoogrijaan | | Det - Shingbwiyang |
| Det - Imphal | | Det - Singri |
| Det - Jorhat | | Det - Sookerating |
| Det - Ledo | | Det - Tezpur |
| Det - Manipur | | Det - Tingkawk Sakan |
| Det - Mohanbari | | Det - Warazup |
| Det - Moran | | |
758th AAFBU (128th AACS Sq) - Kurmitola
Assigned to 62nd AACS Gp, 15 May 1944
Replaced Section J, 88th AAFBU (4th AACS Wing), 20 Jul 45. 758 Army Air Forces Base Unit (128 Army Airways Communications System Squadron), Furitola, India, inactivated 20 Dec 45.
Source: AAF 1 May 1945 Station List
128th Army Airways Communication System Squadron (433 NY) - Kurmitola, India
| Stations |
| Station #251 (433 NY) - Tezgaon | | Station #269 (214 NY) - Chittagong |
| Station #252 (218 NY) - Myitkyina | | Station #270 (218 NY) - Myitkyina |
| Station #253 (689 NY) - Ledo | | Station #271 (433 NY) - Tezgaon |
| Station #254 (689 NY) - Ledo | | Station #272 (218 NY) - Myitkyina |
| Station #255 (689 NY) - Ledo | | Station #273 (214 NY) - Chittagong |
| Station #256 (214 NY) - Chittagong | | Station #274 (214 NY) - Chittagong |
| Station #257 (433 NY) - Tezgaon | | Station #275 (218 NY) - Myitkyina |
| Station #258 (433 NY) - Tezgaon | | Station #276 (218 NY) - Myitkyina |
| Station #259 (431 NY) - Lalmanir Hat | | Station #277 (214 NY) - Chittagong |
| Station #260 (219 NY) - Shamsbernagar | | Station #278 (218 NY) - Myitkyina |
| Station #261 (433 NY) - Tezgaon | | Station #280 (214 NY) - Chittagong |
| Station #262 (218 NY) - Myitkyina | | Station #281 (214 NY) - Chittagong |
| Station #263 (218 NY) - Myitkyina | | Station #282 (214 NY) - Chittagong |
| Station #264 (218 NY) - Myitkyina | | Station #283 (214 NY) - Chittagong |
| Station #265 (218 NY) - Myitkyina | | Station #284 (214 NY) - Chittagong |
| Station #267 (219 NY) - Shamsbernagar | | Station #286 (214 NY) - Chittagong |
| Station #268 (433 NY) - Tezgaon | | Station #287 (214 NY) - Chittagong |
Source: Air Force Communicators & Air Traffic Controllers Association (AFCOMMATC)
| Detachments |
| Det - Agartala | | Det - Mobile Wea Team 1 |
| Det - Akyab | | Det - Mohanbari |
| Det - Alon | | Det - Mse |
| Det - Bahe | | Det - Myingyan |
| Det - Bangkok | | Det - Myitkyina East |
| Det - Bhamo | | Det - Myitkyina North |
| Det - Bonzukan | | Det - Myitkyina South |
| Det - Chabua | | Det - Nampanmao |
| Det - Chanyi | | Det - Nanning |
| Det - Chittagong | | Det - Nansin |
| Det - Comilla | | Det - Ordaw |
| Det - Dwehla | | Det - Panghkam |
| Det - Ehrtong | | Det - Ramree Island |
| Det - Fenny | | Det - Rangoon |
| Det - Fungwhanshan | | Det - Rumkhapalong |
| Det - Hathazari | | Det - Rupsi |
| Det - Imphas | | Det - Sahmaw |
| Det - Indainggale | | Det - Saigon |
| Det - Kan | | Det - Shamsher Nager |
| Det - Kunyang | | Det - Shingbwiyang |
| Det - Kurmitola | | Det - Shwebo |
| Det - Kweilin | | Det - Singapore |
| Det - Lalmanirhat (Coochbehar) | | Det - Singri |
| Det - Lashio | | Det - Sinthe |
| Det - Ledo | | Det - Suichwan |
| Det - Lewe | | Det - Syhlhet |
| Det - Lingling | | Det - Tac Team 1 (Payagyi, Zaytkwin & Mingaladon) |
| Det - Magwe | | Det - Tac Team 5 ( Mawlu, Katha & Lashio) |
| Det - Meiktila | | Det - Tac Team 6 (Momauk & Bhamo) |
| Det - Mingaladon | | Det - Yangkai |
| Det - Misamari | | Det - Ywataung |
713th AAFBU (63d AACS Gp) - Liuchow, Nanking, Shanghai (20 Jul 45 - Mar 46)
Section O, 88 Army Air Forces Base Unit activated 31 Oct 44 at Kunming. Redesignated 713 Army Air Forces Base Unit. Group moved to Shanghai, China, 6 Oct 45. Group transferred to 7 Army Airways Communications System Wing 15 Jan 46; inactivated 5 Feb 46.
788th AAFBU (158th AACS Sq) - Chenking (20 Jul 45 - 24 oct 45)
Replaced Section Q, 88th AAFBU (4th AACS Wing), 20 Jul 45
Source: Air Force Communicators & Air Traffic Controllers Association (AFCOMMATC)
| Detachments |
| Det - Changting | | Det - Mengsa |
| Det - Chanyi | | Det - Mengtsze |
| Det - Chaotung | | Det - Nanning |
| Det - Chengkung | | Det - Paiyikou |
| Det - Chihkiang | | Det - Paoshan |
| Det - Hosi | | Det - Poseh |
| Det - Jochow | | Det - Shihtsung |
| Det - Kai Yuen | | Det - Sichow |
| Det - Kanhaitze | | Det - Sincheng |
| Det - Kunming | | Det - Suichwan |
| Det - Kunyang | | Det - Szemao |
| Det - Laowhangping | | Det - Tengchung |
| Det - Likiang | | Det - Tengehuan |
| Det - Liuchow | | Det - Tsing Chen |
| Det - Loping | | Det - Tsuyung |
| Det - Lotze | | Det - Tushan |
| Det - Luliang | | Det - Yangkai |
| Det - Mengshih | | Det - Yunnanyi |
Other Locations (post-war):
Templehof Air Base, GE:
788 AAFBU (158 AACS Sq), later 788 AF BU (158 AACS Sq), 10 Sep 47-3 Jun 48
158 AACS Sq (later 1946 AACS Sq), 3 Jun 48-1 Nov 53
1946 AACS Sq (later 1946 Comm Sq) 1 Nov 53-
789th AAFBU (159th AACS Sq) - Peishiyi, Ipin, Chunking (20 Jul 45 - 5 Nov 45)
Replaced Section R, 88th AAFBU (4th AACS Wing), 20 Jul 45
Source: Air Force Communicators & Air Traffic Controllers Association (AFCOMMATC)
| Detachments |
| Det - Ankang | | Det - Lanchow |
| Det - Chaotung | | Det - Liangshan |
| Det - Chia Kiang | | Det - Loshan |
| Det - Chiu Ling Po | | Det - Lunsien (La Tiem Pa) |
| Det - Enshih | | Det - Peishiyi |
| Det - Fungwhanshan | | Det - Pengshan |
| Det - Hanchung | | Det - Pung Cha Cheng |
| Det - Hsian | | Det - Schwengliu |
| Det - Hsinching - Sta 353 | | Det - Suchow |
| Det - Hsinching - Sta 359 | | Det - Suining |
| Det - Hsinching - Sta 371 | | Det - Szemao |
| Det - Hsinching - Sta 374 | | Det - Tihwa |
| Det - Ipin | | Det - Wuchussu |
| Det - Kiunglai | | Det - Yenan |
| Det - Kwanghan | | |
719th AAFBU (69th AACS Gp)
Source:
88 Army Air Forces Base Unit, Section L located at Hijili Base, India. Group redesignated as 1 tactical group on 5 dec 44 (see 1st AACS Tactical Sq, above). Group located at Hsinching Airport, China, Jan 45.
NOTE: The Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA) has no record of this unit in their archives. Their records jump from the 68th AACS Gp to the 70th AACS Gp. However, the AAF 1 May 1945 Station List has this entry:
Hq, 69 Army Airways Communication System Group (693 NY) - Kharagpur, India
759th AAFBU (129th AACS Sq) - Shanghai (20 Jul 45 - 25 Apr 46)
Replaced Section M, 88th AAFBU (4th AACS Wing), 20 Jul 45
Source: AAF 1 May 1945 Station List
129th Army Airways Communication System Squadron (493 NY) - Kharagpur, India
| Stations |
| Station #501 (631 NY) - Chakulia |
| Station #502 (493 NY) - Kharagpur |
| Station #503 (493 NY) - Kharagpur |
| Station #504 (493 NY) - Kharagpur |
| Station #505 (220 NY) - Piardoba |
| Station #506 (215 NY) - Dudhkundi |
| Station #507 (493 NY) - Kharagpur |
| Station #541 (432 NY) - Kandy, Ceylon |
Source:
| Detachments |
| Det - Canton | | Det - Nanking |
| Det - Chakulia | | Det - Nanning |
| Det - Chihkiang | | Det - Peiping |
| Det - Dudhkundi | | Det - Peishiyi |
| Det - Hangchow | | Det - Piardoba |
| Det - Hankow | | Det - Shanghai - Sta 43109 |
| Det - Hijli | | Det - Shanghai - Sta 43112 |
Det - Kalaikunda
Detachment activated 17 May 44; inactivated 28 Dec 44; reactivated on 20 Feb 45. | | Det - Shanghai - Sta 43118 |
| Det - Kharagpur | | Det - Suichwan |
| Det - Kunming | | Det - Tsinan |
| Det - Liuchow | | Det - Yushan |
760th AAFBU (130th AACS Sq) - Kunming, Hsinching (20 Jul 45 - Jan 46) (See CBI Unit Histories)
Replaced Section N, 88th AAFBU (4th AACS Wing), 20 Jul 45
Source: Air Force Communicators & Air Traffic Controllers Association (AFCOMMATC)
| Detachments |
| Det - Chanyi | | Det - Luliang |
| Det - Chengkung | | Det - Mangshih |
| Det - Fungwhanshan | | Det - Mengsa |
| Det - Hanchung | | Det - Mengtsz |
| Det - Hosi | | Det - Paoshan |
| Det - Hsian | | Det - Peishiyi |
| Det - Hsinching - Stations: 521, 522, 537, 43027, 43035 | | Det - Pengshan |
| Det - Jochow | | Det - Poseh |
| Det - Kai Yuen | | Det - Pung Cha Cheng |
| Det - Kiunglai | | Det - Schwangliu |
| Det - Kunming - Stations 43002/3 | | Det - Suchow |
| Det - Kunyang | | Det - Suining |
| Det - Kwanghan | | Det - Szemao |
| Det - Kweichow | | Det - Tsinan |
| Det - Laohuangping | | Det - Tushan |
| Det - Liangshan | | Det - Wuchussu |
| Det - Loping | | Det - Yanglin |
| Det - Loshan | | Det - Yunnanyi |
| Det - Lotzu | | Det - Yangkai |
| Det - Luhsien | | |
Air Base Communications Detachments:
Asiatic Airways Tech & Admin Training School (885 NY) - Karachi, India
1st Air Base Communications Det (Sp) - 69th Composite Wing
2nd Air Base Communications Det (Sp) - 68th Air Service Gp (attached) - Chengkung by 11 May 45
3d Air Base Communications Det (Sp) - China Air Service Cmd (14th ASG, Luliang by 11 May 45)
4th Air Base Communications Det (Sp) - Chinese-American Composite Wing
5th Air Base Communications Det (Sp) - 68th Air Service Gp (attached) - Yunnanyi by 11 May 45
6th Air Base Communications Det (Sp) - 68th Air Service Gp (attached) - Yangkai by 11 May 45
7th Air Base Communications Det (Sp) - 312th Fighter Wing
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Source: Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA) (7th Air Support Operations Squadron)
Lineage: Constituted as 7 Air Base Communications Detachment (Special) on 27 Jan 1944. Activated on 17 Feb 1944. Inactivated on 7 Dec 1945. Disbanded on 8 Oct 1948. Reconstituted and redesignated as the 7 Air Support Operations Squadron, 3 Air Support Operations Group, Fort Bliss TX, 12 Aug 2008 per DAF/A1M 011t, 12 Aug 2008. Activated 15 Aug 2008 per DAF/A1M 011t, 12 Aug 2008; SO #GB-128, Hq ACC, 13 Aug 2008.
Assignments: Western Signal Aviation Unit Training Center, 17 Feb 1944; Unkn, 19 Apr-10 Jul 1944; Tenth Air Force, 11 Jul 1944; Fourteenth Air Force, 30 Sep 1944; 312 Fighter Wing, 13 Mar-7 Dec 1945. 3 Air Support Operations Group, 15 Aug 2008-.
Stations: Camp Pinedale, CA, 17 Feb 1944; Camp Patrick Henry, VA, 19 Apr-3 May 1944; Oran, Algeria, 21-28 May 1944; New Delhi, India, 11 Jul 1944; Kanchrapara, India, 15 Aug 1944; Shwangliu, China, 25 Nov 1944-unkn; India, unkn-8 Nov 1945; Camp Kilmer, NJ, 6-7 Dec 1945. Fort Bliss, TX, 15 Aug 2008-.
Service Streamers: None.
Campaign Streamers: World War II: China Offensive; China Defensive.
Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers: None.
Decorations: None.
Emblem: None on file. Squadron may design and request approval of an emblem in accordance with AFI 84-105, Chapter 3.
Lineage, Assignments, Stations, and Honors through 15 Aug 2008.
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8th Air Base Communications Det (Sp) - 315th Air Service Gp (attached)
9th Air Base Communications Det (Sp) - 315th Air Service Gp (attached)
10th Air Base Communications Det (Sp) - China Air Service Cmd (attached) - Chanyi by 11 May 45
11th Air Base Communications Det (Sp) - Ledo as of 1 Aug 45; 69th Composite Wing
12th Air Base Communications Det (Sp) (218 NY) - Myitkyina, Burma
13th Air Base Communications Det (Sp) (218 NY) - Myitkyina, Burma
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NOTE: The 1, 3, 6, 9, 13 Air Base Comm. Dets. were activated at Camp Pinedale, CA on 17 Feb 1944. The 8th Air Base Comm. Det. was activated on 6 Feb 1944, same location. All were disbanded on 8 Oct 48.
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 General Order 120 showing assignment of 11th, 12th, 13th Air Base Communications Detachments
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91st AAFBU (7th AACS Wing) - Hickam Field, T. H.
Lineage: The 91st AAF Base Unit (7th AACS Wing) was organized at Hickam Fld 15 May 44, moved to Fort McKinley in Jul 45, and Tokyo in May 46. It was redesignated 91st AF Base Unit (7th AACS Wing) 26 Sep 47. It was discontinued 3 Jun 48 and replaced by the 7th AACS Wg, which was designated 24 May 48 and organized 1 Jun 48 (this unit was last active in 1990 as the Pacific Communications Div).
Until 20 Jul 45, all AACS units in the Pacific were lettered squadrons (sections) of the 91st AAF Base Unit. On that date, AACS formed separate base units for its groups and squadrons.
NOTE: Even though they were really AAF Base Units, AACS units used their parenthetical group and squadron descriptions almost exclusively (e.g., the 91st AAFBU (7th AACS Wing) would be referred to as the 7th AACS Wing). This even includes station lists (see 1945 AAF Station List).
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720th AAFBU (70th AACS Group) - Oahu, Guam
Replaced Section L, 91st AAFBU (7th AACS Wing), 20 Jul 45
Source:
Unit was designated as the 7 Communications Squadron until 15 May 44 when it was redesignated as the 70 Army Airways Communications System Group. Group located on guam, Sep 45. Group inactivated 5 Feb 46.
| Detachments |
| Det - Eniwetok |
| Det - Majuro Atoll |
777th AAFBU (147th AACS Sq) - Harmon Fld, Guam
15 May 44 - 20 Jul 45: Section P, 91st AAF Base Unit (147th AACS Sq).
20 Jul 45 - 3 Jun 48: 777th AAF Base Unit (147th AACS Sq).
Source: Air Force Communicators & Air Traffic Controllers Association (AFCOMMATC)
| Detachments |
| Det - Angaur | | Det - Peleliu (Also Angaur) |
| Det - Biak (Borokoe Strip) | | Det - Saipan Det 32 |
| Det - Guam Det 33 | | Det - Saipan Det 46 |
| Det - Guam Det 36 | | Det - Saipan Det 55 |
| Det - Guam Det 38 | | Det - Saipan Det 56 |
| Det - Guam Det 57 | | Det - Tinian |
| Det - Iwo Jima Det 44 | | Det - Truk Atoll (Moen Island) |
| Det - Marcus Island | | Det - Ulithi |
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Force Structure as of 1 March 1946
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